On April 15, Gao Junshan's subordinates couldn't bear it anymore, and he still sat firmly on Diaoyutai and stood still in Tianjin.

It's just that the military exercises of the 2nd Army Corps went on as usual. The military exercise was laid out in accordance with the terrain of the eastern suburbs of the capital, with the First Mixed Brigade as the core, with the Cao Wenzhao Brigade, the Red Army Friendship Brigade, the Bai Wenxuan Brigade, the Ma Yuanli Brigade, and the Li Dingguo Brigade as the auxiliaries.

This formation was proposed by Gao Junshan, and a complete set of ambush plans jointly formulated by Bai Lisha and Liu Hongru.

However, the artillery of the five brigades was concentrated and used in a concentrated manner, but it was Gao Junshan who proposed it. Therefore, in this military exercise, all the artillery of the five brigades was transferred to the commander of the heavy artillery regiment of the first mixed brigade, and Wu Kexiao, commander of the heavy artillery regiment, suddenly became the commander-in-chief of more than 1,000 artillery pieces of various types.

The officers and men of the Second Army Corps insisted on conducting military exercises every day, and all kinds of technical and tactical requirements were well memorized by the officers and men. The exercise lasted until 25 April, when Gao Junshan calmly ordered the whole army to march to the capital under the banner of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, and at the same time held high a banner embroidered with the words "General Weide on behalf of the heavens and the people" at the front of the ranks.

After a day's march, when they arrived at Xianghe, Gao Junshan ordered them to rest on the spot for one night and set off again at dawn the next day.

At noon on 26 April, Gao Junshan's men and horses drove to the eastern suburbs of the capital, and Liu Fangliang, who stayed in the capital, heard the news and hurriedly went out of the city ten miles from Chaoyang Gate to greet him.

As soon as Liu Fangliang saw Gao Junshan, he hurriedly said, "King Qin, you came at the right time......

Gao Junshan pointed to the banner and said: "Brother Liang, you see, I am the 'General Weide of Fumin on behalf of the heavens' of the Dashun Army, this is the title given to me by Brother Zicheng." I heard that the 'Generalissimo of Shuntian Advocate Righteousness and Civil Martial Arts' went to Shanhaiguan and came to help in the war. ”

Liu Fangliang said with a sad face: "King Qin, don't say anything about the general first!" Something big has happened to the Generalissimo! ”

"What's wrong?"

Liu Fangliang said: "The generalissimo drove Wu Sangui to conquer in person, but I didn't expect this Wu Sangui to lead the Qing soldiers into the pass, my 100,000 army was defeated by the Qing soldiers in a stone, and the generalissimo accidentally fell into the deep valley on the way to retreat, and he has died!" ”

"W-What? Falling into the deep valley? Although Gao Junshan predicted that Li Zicheng would die, he still felt sudden.

Liu Fangliang continued: "Yes, the soldiers saw it with their own eyes. At that time, the retreat was very chaotic, the enemy's pursuers were in a hurry, and the generalissimo's mount also ran away, but fortunately Wang Changshun drove a carriage to save the generalissimo. Unfortunately, due to the dangerous mountain road, Wang Changshun and the generalissimo both fell into the deep valley and did not survive. ”

"No life?"

"Yes. I just got a report. ”

Wang Changshun is a veteran undercover agent sent by Gao Junshan to Li Zicheng's side, and he didn't expect him to complete the task given to him by Gao Junshan in the way of burning jade, and Gao Junshan's steely appearance shed sad tears.

Liu Fangliang saw Gao Junshan crying, and thought that he was crying for Li Zicheng, so he tried his best to persuade him: "King Qin, don't be too sad, it's important to organize a counterattack quickly, the Qing soldiers are about to kill." ”

As he was talking, he saw Li Guo come over with a team of retreating men and horses, and Li Guo also cried when he saw Gao Junshan.

After Gao Junshan comforted Li Guo, he asked Liu Fangliang: "When King Chuang leaves Beijing, who will stay in the capital?" ”

"Me." Liu Fangliang replied, "The generalissimo only left me more than 10,000 people. ”

Gao Junshan said: "You immediately gather your people and control them, if they know that King Chuang has died, I am afraid that it will cause a riot, I will send a force into the city with you and take over the entire capital to prevent the people from causing trouble." Those high-ranking officials who are locked up in prison must be even more strict, and they must not be allowed to escape from prison. ”

Liu Fangliang said: "What King Qin said is extremely true, and the last general will obey the general's order. ”

Li Guo also said: "This is very good, it can ensure that the capital is not chaotic." ”

Gao Junshan said to the four strategists beside him: "I will send the first army into the city, and the four of you will also enter the city together." Remember, after entering and exiting, I must go to the prison to rescue Liu Lishun and Zhao Shichun for me. ”

These four ministers admired Gao Junshan so much that they couldn't imagine that with just a few words, they would effortlessly take down the capital.

Gao Junshan said to Zhou Shichen again: "General Zhou Shichen listens to the order, you lead the first army into the city and take over the entire capital!" ”

"General Zhou Shichen obeys the order!"

Gao Junshan said to Liu Fangliang again: "General Liu Fangliang listens to the order, and your department is temporarily assigned to the command of General Zhou Shichen, and everything is subject to General Zhou's dispatch." ”

General Quan is the first-rank general of the Dashun military system, and the general system is the third-rank general of the Dashun military system. Zhou Shichen, the general of power, was approved by Li Guo's hand to Li Zicheng, Li Guo knew, and of course Liu Fangliang also knew, so Liu Fangliang replied respectfully: "The last general obeys General Zhou's dispatch." ”

The four ministers admired Gao Junshan even more, it turned out that Gao Junshan accepted Li Zicheng's military system, and its mystery was here.

The First Army began to enter the city, and Gao Junshan ordered the Second Army to prepare for the defense. The Second Army had already practiced dozens of times with reference to the terrain here, and the troops quickly dispersed and began to enter the predetermined positions one after another.

Li Guo saw that Gao Junshan's men and horses were already moving, and he asked Gao Junshan: "King Qin, I also ask to participate in the blocking of the Tartars. ”

Gao Junshan said: "The rebels who fought with the Tartars in a stone have not completely withdrawn, I will wait for them on this road, Brother Bu, you can wait with me here!" ”

Li Guo nodded and agreed: "That's okay, I'm upset that they didn't come back!" ”

The 20,000 Chinese troops in Gao Junshan, as well as more than 10,000 Li Guo, camped on the road.

Li Guo's gate was brightly lit, he didn't sleep all night, insisted on waiting in front of the door to wait for the withdrawal of the Dashun army brothers, from the night of that day, to the early morning of the next day, Li Guo's military camp gathered a large number of Dashun troops who had retreated one after another, and waited for a night and did not see Liu Zongmin and Gao Yigong withdraw. When he saw Li Laiheng who had retreated, he asked anxiously: "Laiheng, have you seen Uncle Yigong and Ye Liu?" ”

Li Laiheng cried and said: "Liu Ye didn't see it, my Uncle Yigong is behind, he asked me to go first, and he will follow later." ”

Li Guo asked: "Did you have a relationship with the Tartars?" ”

Li Laiheng said: "Yes." We were entangled in the Tartars, and Uncle Yigong asked me to come back first for my safety, and he said that he resisted for a while and returned. Uncle Li, King Chuang has died, what will we do in the future? ”

Li Guo comforted: "Come to Heng, don't worry, King Chuang has died, and King Qin is here." ”

"King Qin, is he willing to take us in?"

Li said: "Don't worry, King Qin is Mrs. Gao's younger brother, and he won't die without help." You have a good rest first, and after dawn, we will have to pay off the blood debt of these Tartars!" ”

Li Laiheng said with concern: "Uncle Buzhi, I see that you haven't slept all night, so you should also close your eyes." ”

Li said: "I'm fine, you just fought with the Tartars, hurry up and go to sleep." ”

Li Laiheng bid farewell to Li Guo and lay down in his clothes under a big tree near the camp.

As soon as Li Laiheng left, Gao Junshan came to visit Li Guo.

"Brother Buzhi, you haven't slept all night?"

"I can't sleep!"

Gao Junshan said: "Brother Bu will go sleep for a while, you don't have to worry about it with me." ”

As he was speaking of this, he heard from the soldiers that he had come back from Gao Yigong.

The two looked into the distance, and sure enough, they saw Gao Yigong riding on a jujube red horse, galloping over with blood all over his body.

There was a sound of horses' hooves, Gao Yigong had already come to the front of the two, and when he saw Gao Junshan and Li Guo, he restrained the war horse.